by the same time the chancellor is touting tax credits for working families and raising taxes and cutting benefits for the unemployed. now, mr. speaker, we do need to modernize our welfare state. those who work and can work should work. no ifs, ands or buts. so let us be clear. the chancellor claims he would cut the welfare bill, but higher inflation and long-term unemployment means the benefit is forecasted to be billions higher. the clue is in the name, mr. speaker. he cannot run a successful welfare to work program without work. and we know that the work program has totally failed with only two people in 100. we should be, mr. speaker. we should be requiring every long-term person to take a job. making sure that there is one there. let me ask the chancellor. one of the thousands now struggling to find a new job. he has announced today that he is cutting for jobseekers allowance for the next three years. how can that be fair when he is cutting the top rate tax? how can that be fair when someone earning 220,000 pounds a year will get a top rate tax cut of 75 pounds a week in april, which